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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Psychiatry?

1,893 researchers whose main subfield is Psychiatry are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. The United States has the most (729, 38.5%), followed by the United Kingdom (268) and Australia (133). A country with 100 or more opens its institutions in the subfield; the others open their scientists in the table of all authors.

#	Country	Listed authors	Top 100k	Share of subfield	Highest-ranked author	Top institution
1	United States	729	607	38.5%	Kessler, Ronald C. #27	Massachusetts General Hospital
2	United Kingdom	268	220	14.2%	Steptoe, Andrew #257	King's College London
3	Australia	133	110	7.0%	Jorm, Anthony F. #555	University of Melbourne
4	Canada	113	92	6.0%	Mcintyre, Roger S. #954	University of Toronto
5	Germany	113	96	6.0%	Correll, Christophe U. #2,167	Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
6	Netherlands	74	61	3.9%	Borsboom, Denny #155	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
7	Italy	55	39	2.9%	Serretti, Alessandro #5,506	Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
8	Switzerland	32	22	1.7%	Billieux, Joël #2,793	Universität Zürich
9	China	26	13	1.4%	Maes, Michael H.J. #1,101	Shenzhen University
10	Denmark	26	23	1.4%	Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker #3,173	Københavns Universitet
11	Sweden	23	16	1.2%	Larsson, Henrik #17,032	Karolinska Institutet
12	Spain	22	16	1.2%	Koyanagi, Ai #3,613	Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
13	Norway	22	11	1.2%	Quintana, Daniel S. #6,707	Universitetet i Oslo
14	France	22	16	1.2%	Gorwood, Philip A.P.M. #27,723	Université de Bordeaux
15	Brazil	20	16	1.1%	Schuch, Felipe B. #17,176	Universidade de São Paulo
16	Israel	17	12	0.9%	Weinstein, Aviv Malkiel #10,803	University of Haifa
17	India	16	13	0.8%	Andrade, Chittaranjan #569	National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences
18	Taiwan	16	12	0.8%	Lin, Chung Ying #9,048	Taipei Veterans General Hospital
19	Japan	14	9	0.7%	Hashimoto, Kenji #2,218	Keio University School of Medicine
20	New Zealand	14	11	0.7%	Poulton, Richie G. #21,892	University of Otago
21	Finland	13	10	0.7%	Jokela, Markus M. #7,164	Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos
22	Belgium	13	12	0.7%	Vancampfort, Davy #10,799	KU Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
23	Ireland	11	10	0.6%	G. Dinan, Timothy G. #1,134	University of Galway
24	South Korea	11	7	0.6%	Shin, Jae Il #13,904	Yonsei University College of Medicine
25	South Africa	9	7	0.5%	Stein, Dan J. #455	University of Cape Town
26	Hong Kong	9	8	0.5%	Yip, Siu Fai #5,967	The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
27	Austria	8	6	0.4%	Stubbs, Brendon #2,764	Medizinische Universität Wien
28	Singapore	8	6	0.4%	Rush, Augustus John #2,880	National University of Singapore
29	Hungary	7	4	0.4%	Király, Orsolya #72,006	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
30	Türkiye	5	3	0.3%	Bora, Emre #6,768	Koç University
31	Iran	5	4	0.3%	Akhondzadeh, Shahin H. #27,331	Tehran University of Medical Sciences
32	Macao	3	3	0.2%	Montag, Christian #11,758	University of Macau
33	Poland	3	3	0.2%	Rybakowski, Janusz K. #25,084	Poznan University of Medical Sciences
34	Mexico	3	2	0.2%	Benjet, Corina #33,849	Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente
35	Greece	3	3	0.2%	Fountoulakis, K. N. #50,570	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
36	Lebanon	3	2	0.2%	Karam, Elie Georges #67,075	Saint George Hospital University Medical Center
37	Czechia	2	2	0.1%	Patočka, Jiří #66,539	Univerzita Hradec Králové
38	Portugal	2	2	0.1%	Nijenhuis, Ellert R.S. #68,984	Independent Researcher
39	Jordan	2	1	0.1%	Kennedy, James Lowery #79,365	Yarmouk University
40	Nigeria	1	1	0.1%	Gureje, Oye #6,015	University of Ibadan
41	Ukraine	1	1	0.1%	Spytska, Liana V. #18,060	Kyiv International University
42	Iceland	1	1	0.1%	Young, Susan Jane #40,439	Reykjavík University
43	Zimbabwe	1	1	0.1%	Chibanda, Dixon M. #47,832	University of Zimbabwe
44	Cyprus	1	1	0.1%	Davidson, Michael D. #65,913	University of Nicosia Medical School
45	Nepal	1	1	0.1%	Jordans, Mark J.D. #82,399	Transcultural Psychosocial Organization, Nepal
46	Philippines	1	0	0.1%	Alibudbud, Rowalt Carpo #100,287	De La Salle University
47	Russia	1	0	0.1%	Skryabin, Valentin Yu #107,811	Moscow Research and Practical Centre on Addictions
48	Lithuania	1	0	0.1%	Kazlauskas, Evaldas #108,515	Vilniaus Universitetas
49	Pakistan	1	0	0.1%	Atwoli, Lukoye #116,762	The Aga Khan University
50	Romania	1	0	0.1%	Vasiliu, Octavian #117,056	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti
51	Serbia	1	0	0.1%	Stevanović, Dejan S. #121,367	Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth
52	Estonia	1	0	0.1%	Harro, Jaanus E. #123,859	Tartu Ülikooli Keemia Instituut
53	Tunisia	1	0	0.1%	Fekih-Romdhane Md PhD, Feten #146,765	Université de Tunis El Manar, Hôpital Razi
54	Slovenia	1	0	0.1%	Štuhec, Matej #155,919	Medicinska Fakulteta Univerze v Mariboru
55	Bangladesh	1	0	0.1%	Arafat, SM Yasir #176,148	Bangladesh Specialized Hospital
56	Croatia	1	0	0.1%	Jakovljević, Miro #198,796	University of Zagreb School of Medicine
57	Palestine	1	0	0.1%	Mahamid, Fayez Azez #232,308	An-Najah National University